Although Saucy Salamander offers some useful improvements, it's a relatively thin update. XMir, the most noteworthy item on the 13.10 roadmap, was ultimately deferred for inclusion in a future release. Canonical's efforts during the Saucy development cycle were largely focused on the company's new display server and upcoming Unity overhaul, but neither is yet ready for the desktop.

I prefer to call it Windows 7.1...with a SO METROSEXUAL GUI. It should be a Windows 7 service pack at the most, really.

Are you talking about Windows8, the gutted, overhauled, UI replaced monstrocity? If you think that only warrants a .1 over windows 7 i'd have to respectfully disagree!

On an ontopic note, i've been installing almost every version of Ubuntu on my desktop since the beginning. I've never had a pleasant userfriendly experience with it and even though i'm a developer and have a Nexus4, i'd NEVER install that on my phone.

i've been installing almost every version of Ubuntu on my desktop since the beginning. I've never had a pleasant userfriendly experience with it and even though i'm a developer and have a Nexus4, i'd NEVER install that on my phone.